The pages by Darlington comprise draft text to be inserted into the article and a draft of the Appendix. There are two letters from R.C. Punnett to Darlington (September, October 1928) re the latter's corrections and additions to the proof copies.
Chiefly 1908-1912.
Copies of the following letters: R.R. Gates to Bateson, 1924; E. Baur to R.C. Punnett, 1926; A.G. Cock to B. Harrison, 1977.
Authors and recipients as follows. The first three letters are photocopies. Letter from Butler to J.A. and Mrs Fuller Maitland, 1902, concerning Butler's health; two letters from R.A. Steatfeild (Butler's literary executor) to Bateson, 1909, 1910; letter from H.F. Jones (biographer of Butler) to Bateson, 1909; postcard from R.C. Punnett to Bateson, 1925.
Included is a letter from Doncaster to R.C. Punnett.
Correspondence with Bateson, 1908-1915, nd. All but one are letters by Punnett. The principal topic is research on poultry; general professional and personal matters are covered. Included are two further letters: from Punnett to Beatrice Bateson, 1919; from Y. Sinoto to Punnett, 1936.
Contents of an original envelope so inscribed. Correspondence to Bateson, with his manuscript notes. Further manuscript notes are on 'Dahlia' by R.C. Punnett and 'Savoy cabbages' by H.C. Pugsley. Correspondents include L. Doncaster.
Letters to E.J. Collins of the John Innes Horticultural Institute from Laxton Brothers and R.C. Punnett, with a typescript copy of Laxton's paper, 'Notes on Some Changes and Variations in the Offspring of Cross-fertilized Peas' from 'Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society'.
Correspondence re later editions of Bateson's book (first published by Cambridge University Press in 1909). Included are the following: correspondence to Bateson concerning points appertaining to the text; two letters of R.C. Punnett, 1930, one of which is to Beatrice Bateson, re corrections to the text; cuttings of reviews of various editions of the book.
Darlingon's correspondence with J.B.S. Haldane, R.C. Punnett and L. Hogben chiefly re a paper or papers by J.W.H. Harrison on induced melanism in lepidoptera. Darlington's letters are manuscript drafts, for one of which (to Punnett) there is a typescript copy. The letters to Darlington are from Haldane (one) and Punnett (three).